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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 221, 229, 230-MAY 16, 1938 automobile operated by a Home Extension Agent, on the Pine Ridge- Chadron Road, Sheridan County, Nebraska, June 8, 1934; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the hospital charges of $258 against Jessie M. Parks for hospitaliza- tion in the Pine Ridge Hospital, an Indian Service hospital, on account of said accident: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 16, 1938. 1309 Hospital charge against Jessie M. Parks canceled. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 229] AN ACT For the relief of L. M. Crawford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to L. M. Crawford, of Wichita, Kansas, the sum of $15,281.60 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the loss of three hundred and eighty-two acres of land in the Rio Grande Valley about ten miles northwest of El Paso, Texas, title to which he obtained under a patent issued by the United States to his predecessor in title, and the loss of which resulted from the fixing of the boundary line between the States of New Mexico and Texas by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of State of New Mexico against Texas (275 U. S . 279, 48 Sup. Ct. 126): Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and u1pon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 16, 1938. May 16, 1938 [H. B. 1249] [Private, No. 612] L. M. Crawford. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 230] AN ACT For the relief of William H. Ames. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William H. Ames, of Boston, Massachusetts, in full settlement against the Government, the sum of $2,000 for medical expenses and per- manent injuries sustained by the said William H. Ames when the May 16, 1938 [H. R. 19301 [Private, No. 513] William H. Ames. Payment to.

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